The Light Burns in the Quiet
The house is quiet now, and the silence where a friend used to be feels heavier than any argument ever was. There was no fight, no slamming door, just a slow fading until the phone stopped lighting up.
You are left holding the weight of words you never got to say, wondering where the bridge collapsed without a sound. But the light does not depend on the presence of others to shine — it burns even in the quietest room.
You are not defined by who stays or who leaves. The truth that lives in you is greater than the silence.
It was there before the friendship began, and it remains when the connection ends. The light that knows your name is still speaking, even when no one else is listening.
Drawing from
2 John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
2 John 1:2
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